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店

diàn

HSK 1 Character Measure word 家

What 店 means

1. inn; old-style hotel
2. bound formshop; store

Example sentences

• 关店了。
  I'm closing my store.
• 去店里！
  Go to the store!
• 他不在饭店
  He is not at the restaurant.
• 我去商店。
  I am going to the shop.
• 我要关店。
  I'm closing my store.
• 便利店出兑。
  Biànlìdiàn chū duì.
  The convenience store ran out of business.

Words starting with 店

• 店铺diàn pùstore; shop
• 店主diàn zhǔshop owner
• 店员diàn yuánshop assistant; store clerk
• 店面diàn miànshop front
• 店家diàn jiā(old) shopkeeper; innkeeper; (dialect) shop; store
• 店堂diàn tángcustomer area of a store; showroom; dining area of a restaurant
• 店长diàn zhǎngstore manager
• 店伙diàn huǒshop assistant; shop clerk
• 店钱diàn qiánroom charge in a hotel; accommodation expenses
• 店小二diàn xiǎo èr(old) (in a tavern or inn etc) waiter; attendant

Words containing 店

• 商店shāng diànstore; shop
• 酒店jiǔ diànwine shop; pub (public house); hotel
• 饭店fàn diànrestaurant; hotel
• 书店shū diànbookstore
• 旅店lǚ diàninn; small hotel
• 专卖店zhuān mài diànspecialty store
• 分店fēn diànbranch (of a chain store); annex
• 药店yào diànpharmacy; drugstore
• 开店kāi diànto open shop
• 新华书店Xīn huá Shū diànXinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain
• 大饭店dà fàn diàngrand hotel; large, upscale hotel
• 快餐店kuài cān diànfast food shop
• 理发店lǐ fà diànbarbershop; hairdresser's
• 连锁店lián suǒ diànchain store
• 杂货店zá huò diàngrocery store; emporium
• 咖啡店kā fēi diàncafé; coffee shop
• 便利店biàn lì diànconvenience store
• 花店huā diànflower shop
• 三联书店Sān lián Shū diànJoint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948
• 小吃店xiǎo chī diànsnack bar; lunch room
• 门店mén diàn(retail) store
• 百货商店bǎi huò shāng diàndepartment store
• 面包店miàn bāo diànbakery
• 洗衣店xǐ yī diànlaundry (commercial establishment)

Characters built on 占

These share the phonetic component 占 (zhàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 黏niánsticky; glutinous; (Taiwan) to adhere; to stick on; to glue
• 扂diàndoor latch
• 玷diànblemish; disgrace; flaw in jade
• 拈niānto nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with
• 鲇niánsheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鲶
• 坫diànstand for goblets

Characters that look like 店

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 届jièto arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story
• 虐nüè(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 庙miàotemple; ancestral shrine; temple fair
• 扂diàndoor latch

Sounds the same

Read diàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 电lightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 殿palace hall
• 垫pad; cushion; mat
• 奠to fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 惦to think of; to remember; to miss
• 淀(bound form) shallow lake (usu. in place names)
• 甸suburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic…
• 靛indigo pigment
• 佃to rent farmland from a landlord
• 钿to inlay with gold, silver etc; ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
• 扂door latch
• 玷blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade